About Us

About Us

Unity provides specialised Occupational Health services for a wide range of work sectors, ensuring tailored solutions that prioritise the wellbeing of individuals and their industries.

Unity Occupational Health and Wellbeing has been established for over fifty years and boasts wide-ranging experience in the provision of Occupational Health services. Originally established in Liverpool, we now operate throughout the East Anglia Region, with links to other areas of the UK. We provide bespoke services for a wide range of employment sectors including education, healthcare, commercial offices, workshops, food, farming, industrial, engineering, manufacturing and construction. We have specialist experience with working with small to medium businesses, focusing on their unique workplace health requirements.

Unity is Accredited with the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) – Safe, Effective, Quality, Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) standard, which is the recognised Gold Standard of Quality Provision for Occupational Health Providers.

Unity’s main office is based on the outskirts of Norwich, however the majority of our work is carried out at our clients’ sites throughout Norfolk and North Suffolk. We work closely with clients to bring their Occupational Health Service conveniently and easily to their business and their employees, with minimal disruption to their daily practices.

Our staff are fully trained nurses and doctors, experienced in the field of Occupational Health who are dedicated to the maintenance and promotion of health in the workplace, working with clients to provide a proactive service to the benefit of the business. Unity appreciates that all clients are different, and works with key personnel to tailor all services to meet the clients’ individual needs and to create a bespoke service that will add enhanced benefit to the business.

Unity’s Physicians are accredited as Appointed Doctors by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to provide Lead, Asbestos and Diving medicals. Our Doctors provide Offshore Medicals, Shoulder Measuring and Recreational Diving medicals.
Unity's Physicians undertake Level 4 Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome Assessments (HAVS).


OUR PEOPLE

MEET THE TEAM

Julie is a Registered Nurse who has worked in a variety of healthcare settings for over 45 years. She has specialised in Occupational Health for over 16 years and has been instrumental in guiding and developing the services Unity provides today, from a reactive service that focused on ill health to a positive and proactive service that specialises in the health and wellbeing of individuals. Julie has developed a workplace health assessment service for clients to help get employees back or remain at work, this involves not just assessing the employees’ health but also assessing them in the workplace and reviewing all areas of their job role.
Julie Lawrence
Managing Director / Occupational Health Nurse Advisor
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Rachel has extensive knowledge and experience in Occupational Health. Working at Unity for over 35 years, Rachel has developed a unique insight into health care in the workplace and is highly skilled in preparing bespoke occupational services tailored specifically for your business needs. If you are unsure of your particular requirements, Rachel can discuss the work and culture of your company and can arrange a site visit by a clinician to provide specific advice on the Occupational Health Services that would be relevant to your company.
Rachel Brown
Operations Manager
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Kingsley is a doctor with specialist experience in Occupational Health and General Practice. He is an Appointed Doctor by the HSE for Lead, Asbestos and Diving medicals and he also performs Offshore and recreational diving medicals. Kingsley provides Tier 4 Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome Screening and specialises in the more complex Occupational Health management of cases.
Dr Kingsley Betts
Occupational Health Physician
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Tom is a doctor with specialist experience in Occupational Health and General Practice. He is an Appointed Doctor by the HSE for Lead and also provides Tier 4 Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome Screening. Tom has a special interest in Medical Education.
Tom Flahive
Occupational Health Physician
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Karin has worked within the health care setting as a Registered Nurse for over 40 years and as an Occupational Health Nurse Advisor for over 25 years. Karin has wide ranging experience in all areas of health provision and care in the workplace and is particularly passionate about ergonomics and in promoting wellbeing and engaging with the individual to help them actively manage their own health.
Karin Burley
Occupational Health Nurse Advisor
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Paula has worked within the health care setting as a Registered Nurse for over 35 years and has worked as an Occupational Health Nurse Advisor for 24 years in a variety of Occupational Health settings and has a wide range experience in all areas of Occupational Health provision and care in the workplace. Paula is particularly passionate about supporting individuals at work promoting both physical and mental wellbeing so they can manage their own health needs effectively both at home and work.
Paula Layzell
Occupational Health Nurse Advisor
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Angela has worked within the health care setting as a Registered Nurse for over 30 years and qualified as an Occupational Health Nurse Advisor in 2001. Angela has worked both in Occupational Health and in General Practice for over 27 years. Angela has wide ranging experience in all areas of Occupational Health provision and care in the workplace and is particularly passionate about respiratory health.
Angela Norton
Occupational Health Nurse Advisor
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Diane’s extensive experience in administration enables her to work with Human Resources, managers and employees to ensure that appointments run smoothly and that services are provided in line with client requirements. Diane provides the ‘voice’ of Unity and will respond to all your enquiries and correspondence in a timely and professional manner, offering you an opportunity to decide the services you want, when you want them, in order to continue the smooth running of your business.
Diane Smith
Administrator
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Donna’s has extensive experience in medical administration and clinical quality audit. Donna leads in the organisation of the Occupational Health Surveillance Services for clients. She is also the lead quality auditor ensuring that all of our services meet our high SEQOHS standards and ensures that we are constantly looking at how to improve or enhance services.
Donna Fairweather
Client Service Administrator
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